When the new Ming Mansion Dugu Xinci hit his head in Wannian County, the banquet of the Star Picking Building was delivered, and Dugu Xinci went to the study of the Dugu County King depressed, and called the County King and the visiting Chen Dao Observation Envoy to come to the banquet.

Chen Dao served as an observer of Shannan Province after the end of the Battle of Mohe in the previous year, and he was transformed from a Qing noble supervising the imperial history to a prince.

Observation envoy is to observe and dispose of the envoy, originally called the interview and disposal envoy, the whole Yan and Tang 15 provinces each of the one person, the governance office is set up in the large county, such as the Han Dynasty assassin history, to inspect the local official performance. Later, the interview envoy gradually changed from a special commissioner sent by the imperial court to supervise the local administration above the assassin history, and the interview and disposal envoy was renamed the observation and disposal envoy. Defense and regimental training envoys are often led by state assassins, while metropolitan defense envoys and capital regimental training envoys are often led by observation envoys.

Chen Dao, as the chief of the first party, was suddenly prestigious, but he still favored Dugu Xinci, and asked him with a smile how he felt when he took up his new post today, and Dugu Xinci's complaint made him laugh.

"When a new official takes office, he will naturally be in ruins, and he can handle it properly with your intelligence"

Hearing Chen Dao's irresponsible words, Dugu Xinci was also speechless.

More than 20 tender officialdom newcomers who can pinch out the water are sincerely frightened to welcome Shangshu's right servant and the Shannan Dao observation envoy, and the Dugu County King and Chen Dao to observe the envoy to be amiable.

The banquet of the Star Picking Tower is naturally the top in Chang'an, but Wei Erlang shouted that it is not as good as the taste of Dugu Xinci's own rectification, and Dugu Xinci should be a compliment.

Although many people have been placed out of Chang'an, Kyoto, such as Gao Shi, the county magistrate of Songcheng County, and Cui Hao, the county magistrate of Taiyuan County, they all only need to take up their new posts after the Lantern Festival.

Chen Dao and Duguzhen comforted one by one, Chen Dao said that Songzhou, where Songcheng County is located, is the top ten Wangzhou of Yantang and Tang Dynasty, located in the Central Plains, and only needs to keep it, check and fill in the gaps, and educate the people, which is a great achievement.

The king of Duguzhen County also said that Taiyuan County is also a Beijing County, and the literary style is prosperous, which complements Cui Hao County, and only needs to be dealt with peacefully with his colleagues.

Dugu Xinci sang the opposite tune, saying that the new official took office with three fires, and he must be able to suppress his colleagues in order to be at ease.

The king of Dugu County reprimanded, saying that it is necessary to be the same light and dust, and it is the right way to be in harmony with others.

Dugu Xinci pointed out that the king of Dugu Zhen County was the first protector of Anton, that is, he took a guard ambassador and two captains to sacrifice the flag, and Chen Dao observed that the first appointment of the envoy also checked two Simas, all of whom were first established and then favored.

Chen Dao observed Wen Yan and said, that is the chief official on duty, and you are an adjutant, and you should learn from time to time.

Dugu Xinci was speechless, muttering that he should learn in the struggle, saying that there is endless fun in fighting with the sky, endless fun in fighting with the earth, and endless fun in fighting with people.

The king of Dugu County naturally scolded him, so that he could calm his mind, do his best to manage the government, and not be a dog.

Dugu Xinci also said that others naturally can't shrink their heads when they are bullied.

More than 20 new officials of Yan and Tang were fascinated by this, and they all said that they had opened their eyes and that they must keep in mind the teachings and do their best for the country.

During the banquet, Wen Yu Dalang asked about the duty of the Hanlin Bachelor, Chen Dao and Dugu County Wang Jun Wen said that this is a new move of the sage, which is to open a new way for Yan Tang Junyan to enter the school, and the bachelor and bachelor should study politics first, of course, the starting point of the Hanlin Academy is high, and it is advisable to take a long-term view.

"Don't learn from Dugu's kind heart and narrow-mindedness, don't care about temporary gains and losses," Dugu County King admonished.

The six Hanlin scholars suddenly agreed, and they all despised the county order of Wannian County.

Dugu Xinci was ruthless, and attacked again and again, pouring Gao Shi and Zu Yong down on the spot, but it also became the target of public criticism, and more than 20 new officials frequently joined forces, and the target was Mingfu, the first county in the world.

The lonely-hearted and benevolent man is difficult to defeat the wolves, and he is also dizzy when he disperses.

The next day, Dugu Xinci asked Wei Erlang to take the Jinshi to play, Chang'an was still cold after the snow, let them feel free, go to the Star Picking Tower in Pingkangfang, or go to the Datang Club in Chongrenfang.

King Dugu and Chen Dao were called by the sage to chat in Xingqing Palace again, and before leaving, they urged Dugu Xinci to go to the director of Wannian County Government and warned him not to cause trouble.

Dugu Xinci was perfunctory, procrastinating and dragging his feet to prepare to go to the imperial city, and today he needs to visit the Ministry of Officials and Households of Shangshu Province and the Criminal Department.

After leaving the fangmen, think about it, or go to Jingzhao Mansion in Daming Palace first, after all, the top boss of Wannian County is Jingzhao Mansion.

Jingzhao Mansion changed Xiao Jiong's duty today, and he was helpless to ask for money from Dugu Xinci's important officials, so he recognized his slaughter, and finally let him go to Shangshu Province for a trip.

Dugu Xinci returned to the imperial city after completing the procedure, and Shangshu Province was opposite the southern courtyard of the Ministry of Rites in the previous scientific expedition.

First went to the Ministry of Officials to find the Ministry of Officials, the director of Xiu Mu, waited for a while, and actually saw countless officials waiting in the government office, all of them were green robes, and when I inquired, it turned out that they were all candidates for officials in Zhuzhou County, and after resigning, waiting for a new appointment, Dugu Xinci carefully saw an acquaintance.

This person is the head of Lantian County Wen Guyan, Wen Yu Dalang's uncle, it turned out that his three-year term of office had expired, and he was waiting for the Ministry of Officials to settle, and he said nonsense, Dugu Xinci went to find the Ministry of Rites Lang Wang Qiu, Wang Qiu saw that the notorious Far East Hou Wannian County Ming Mansion was also a headache, let him wait patiently, and now he is still resting during the Spring Festival, and there will be a proper placement later.

How can Dugu Xinci stop here, saying that there is a shortage of half of the staff in Wannian County, and there is an urgent need for cadres and ministers.

Wangqiu Shilang naturally didn't believe it, Wannian County was not a small border county, and it was only a tea trip away from the imperial city, so how could he not know the situation. But he didn't want to entangle him with the respect of the servant of the ministry, so he let him go back and wait for good news.

So Dugu Xinci asked again that there were so many candidate officials outside, wouldn't it be okay to send a few to Wannian County at will, and Wangqiu Shilang couldn't smile bitterly, "A certain official department is not an east and west city, and the officials are not store items, so take them with you?" ”

"That Lantian County's chief bookkeeper Wen Guyan has an old relationship with a certain person, and a certain person is quite appreciative of his ability to handle politics, so why don't you transfer to Wannian? The county master book is casual, anyway, there is a lack of "Dugu Xinci is a scoundrel."

"Someone will think about it, you can wait with peace of mind, you need to be on duty, today is a certain rest day, come back to deal with idle things but meet you, a scoundrel" Wang Qiu Shilang picked up people.

"Okay, I still need to go to the household department and the criminal department, and I will come back tomorrow, if I don't deserve the official position of Wannian County one day, I will come to you and other places every day to drink tea" Dugu Xinci said goodbye and did not forget to threaten.

Dugu Xinci turned around and went to the household department again, anyway, the six government offices were connected.

The household department naturally has no good face and this scoundrel county order, anyway, it is not their fault, the allocation has been allocated, they lost it, they deserve their own bad luck, the sharp tooth Dugu Xinci Dugu Mingfu was speechless, and he came out again, and then came to the criminal department.

The secretary of the criminal department is Wei Kang, who has just been promoted from Dali Siqing, and is the uncle of Wei Erlang, and he is very enthusiastic when he sees Dugu Xinci visiting.

After a pleasantry, Dugu Xinci proposed to know about the case of the loss of gold in the main book of ten thousand years, and Wei Kangshangshu also enthusiastically introduced.

The case is very simple, a liar is not a liar, it is a prodigal son in Jiannan Road has a way to get sulfur, and one of the former Wannian County master book knows, so he instigated it to lend money to hoard sulfur, Wan Nian master book also intends to fight, sulfur in the rest of the month The price is crazy, as long as there is goods is a big profit, so he and catch the money to make Cang Cao a total, take out the 20,000 guan public money that has just been handed and has not yet covered the heat, and last year's pre-deposit of 5,000 guan, each person also privately made up 2,000 guan, and sent people to the sword to buy sulfur, Nearly 30,000 buckets of sulfur were bought for 27,000 guan, and they could be at least doubled when they were shipped back to Chang'an.

Then day and night back to Chang'an, the result is good, safe arrival in Beijing, but outside the city gate was intercepted by the people of the inner library, a theory to know, this batch of sulfur by the Jiannan Province of the people of the goods sold to two, the people of Jiannan Road informed the people of the inner library to receive the goods outside the Mingde Gate, both compartments have a deed, the price of the goods are the same, the result is naturally no result.

Wannian County, a district of the main book, which is the opponent of the inner library manager, the people of the inner library can't help but transfer Jin Wuwei to pull away the goods, and also threw a few people to Jingzhao Mansion, Jingzhao Mansion was still ownerless at that time, the former mansion Yin Meng Wenli has gone to Guanglu Temple to serve as Zhengqing, Li Yuanhong is still running to tell the body, a young Yin heard that it was a person sent by the inner library, and he checked it easily, the procedures were violated, and the public money could only be lent in the jurisdiction.

"What's going on here?" Dugu Xinci touched, this source is still in Jiannan?

"There has been a letter from Jiannan, and the sulfur mine owner has escaped and is missing," Wei Kangshangshu smiled bitterly.

"This is a headless case? Wannian County's public office money is gone? ”

"If you have the heart, you can go and theorize with the inner library, maybe you can get some back?" Wei Kangshangshu had a bad idea.

"Princess Jingshan?"

"Now it's the queen and the queen," Wei Kang gave a more chilled answer.

Messing with Princess Jingshan, Dugu is not afraid, but with Queen Yantang? Someone else is right? For the sake of 27,000 to offend the queen? Offending the queen must offend the saint, how is it cost-effective? 27,000 guan is less than 300 gold, and the white wolf with Dugu Xincikong gloves used 20% of the shares of the fireworks workshop to blackmail 200,000 guan of the inner treasury.

Dugu Xinci had no choice but to ask Wei Kangshangshu to take good care of the unlucky former Wannian County Master and a cadre, after all, he was a former colleague, although he had never met, but after all, he had a bit of a relationship.

Wei Kang agreed, as for how to understand and take good care, it doesn't matter if there are differences.

Dugu Xinci was busy working for a long time, but he found nothing, and returned to Wannian County.

Wannian County Government is very lively, and the chief of the fifty-three squares under its jurisdiction and the head of the Wuhou shop have come to welcome the new Ming Mansion, and there are countless good people and rangers who come to recruit the bad people to arrest the fast people on the street.

Dugu Xinci cheered up, and he couldn't let his subordinates see the embarrassment of returning without success today.

The three county lieutenants Wang Yong, Lu Si and Han Qu seriously assessed the people, verified the identities of the personnel, assessed the martial arts, and distributed documents to the recruits.

Dugu Xinci looked at it with a smile, said hello to the busy three, and came to the recording hall, where Jiang He, the only recorded person who had arrived, was busy signing the documents, and saw that the Ming Mansion came back to say hello and continue to be the director.

Dugu Xinci didn't care, picked up two and looked at them, praised its calligraphy was good, and Jiang He was not happy, busy calling people to get the documents and verify the archive.

Dugu Xinci bored picked up yesterday's account books and checked them carefully, the edict of the household department to collect the Caoqu tax arrived, Dugu Mingfu was upset, picked up the old account books and checked, this check was really eye-opening.

The Yantang enslavement system adopted the uniform field system that had been practiced in the previous generations. 100 acres of land will be granted to each male. Among them, there are 20 acres of Yongye field and 80 acres of mouth field. On this basis, the law of rent adjustment was implemented, stipulating: every Ding per year to the state to send two stones of corn, for rent; Lose two zhang of silk, three taels of cotton (or two zhang and four feet of cloth, hemp and scattered catties), for the tune; Serving for 20 days, it is called regular service, and those who do not serve pay three feet of silk (or three feet six of cloth) every day, which is Yong, and is called Yong's substitute service. If the assignment is increased due to events, the additional number of days will be used to offset the rent and adjustment, "five days in ten days will be exempted, and in thirty days, the rent and adjustment will be exempted", and the total number of additional days and regular service shall not exceed 50 days.

The enslavement order also stipulates: In the event of floods, droughts, insects and frosts, more than four out of ten losses will be exempted from rent, and more than six out of ten losses will be exempted from adjustment. Ten out of ten losses of more than seven, all of them are exempt from military service.

The county lieutenant is responsible for collecting the rent. Yong Diao silk begins to converge in August every year, and is transported from the state to the capital and designated places in September, and the rent is levied according to the morning and evening of the harvest in various places, and the transportation begins in November. Generally, the essence of things and the proximity of the land are transported to the capital and sent to the temple supervisors such as Sinong, Taifu, Jiangzuo, and Shaofu. Those who are solid and far away from the land are sent to the border army and the capital for military use.

The basis of the collection of enslavement is household registration, and there are three forms of household registration account books: manual accounting, accounting, and household registration. March Order of the Sixth Year of Wude: Make an account every year, and make a nationality every three years; Jinglong in the second year of leap September (binding force): "Zhuzhou county nationality, hand real, accounting, when the five ratios, the provincial nationality nine ratios." However, the household register is compiled on the basis of manual practice and accounting, which is the manuscript of the household registration.

Where there are hands, the end of the year with the year of the people and the width of the land, for the township tent. The township is formed in the county, the county is formed in the state, and the state is formed in the household department. There is also an account, and there is a year of service to repay the expenses. The content of the hand is "the year of the people and the width of the land", that is, the age of the people's household and the status of land ownership are written one by one. The content of the accounting is "with the annual service", that is, the service that the people should bear in the coming year is written one by one. Obviously, the accounting was based on hand-to-hand work, because the households, land, and land of the inhabitants were the basis for the levy and servitude.

When compiling the handicraft and accounting, it is necessary to carry out the "group appearance", that is, to verify the age and appearance characteristics of each household. After a certain period, it is not allowed to change its appearance. If there is a suspicion of a deceitful, listen to the situation and settle it, so as to pay the truth. ”。

The compilation procedure of Yantang household registration can be roughly divided into three steps: the first step is to investigate the land status of each household under its jurisdiction, and after passing through the county group, it will be compiled into a hand. The household registration file usually also records the physical characteristics of the household, such as skin color, height, and facial characteristics. The appearance of the group is marked with words such as "the right foot is lame, the small tumor under the ear, and there are sunspots on the face". The second step is to compile the accounts according to the actual hand, and this work is still in charge of the work. The third step is to compile the household registration according to the actual hands and accounts, and the county is responsible for this work.

The compilation time of household registration in the Tang Dynasty followed the rule of "one account per year, and one household registration every three years". The hand is made once a year. As for the handiwork, the specific time when the accounting is prepared each year is at the "end of the year" of each year. The specific preparation time of household registration is clearly stipulated, "starting from the first month and ending in March". At the end of the year and between the first month of the following year and the beginning of March, it is the agricultural slack period. During this period, it is the best time to prepare the handiwork, accounting and household registration, so as not to miss the agricultural time.

Compiling account books is a very complex task that requires a lot of manpower and material resources. Where does it come from? "Origins...... All the necessary paper and pen, decoration, and shaft are all out of the house, and there is no money in the mouth; Accounting is required, and the account is not worth a penny. "The funds required for the preparation of accounts shall be levied on a household basis, with one penny per household; The funds required for the preparation of household registration are levied on the basis of the population, and each household is one penny.

After the counties have compiled their household registers, they will be copied in the prefectures and counties. With the township as the volume, a total of three copies were copied, all of which indicated the year of a certain state and a county, and the state name used the state seal, and the county name used the county seal. One was sent to Shangshu Province, which was under the control of the household department, and one was retained by each prefecture and county. The state nationality submitted above is generally sent to the capital by the local state Yong shunting car; If you can't get into the capital, you have to hire someone to transport it, and the freight is paid by the state capital.

Although Yantang stipulates that the household registration is made every three years, after the new registration is made, the old registration is not immediately discarded, but must be kept for a period of time. Wude's six-year order: "The state and county should stay for five ratios, and the province of Shangshu should be kept for three years", according to one ratio for three years, then the prefecture and county need to keep the household registration for 15 years, and the province of Shangshu needs to keep it for nine years. Later, it was changed to "provincial residence retention nine ratios", that is, Shangshu Province needs to keep household registration for 27 years.

Dugu Xinci had nothing to do, so he simply flipped through the fifteen-year household registration he had retained, which frightened himself.

The earliest is the first emperor Jingyun years, Wannian County has 43,200 households, the sage Shenlong year pro-government, there are 49,800 households, Shenlong five years reached 53,000 households, last year there are still 55,800 households, there are more than 100,000 Dingkou.

Is it really a 100,000-strong family to pay taxes?

The gate is gloomy and green, and the state is strong and strong.

100,000 husbands and families are taxed, and 5,000 children guard the frontier.

(End of chapter)